Airlock
noun
A sealed room with two doors, used for going between places with different pressure levels.
To get into the spaceship without letting in the outer space's vacuum, astronauts must pass through an airlock first.
Often appears as...
- open the airlock
- sealed airlock
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Technical
noun
A blockage of air in a pipe or pump which prevents liquid from flowing properly.
The water pump in my house isn't working properly, it might be due to an airlock.
Often appears as...
- remove the airlock
- airlock in pipes
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Technical
noun
A sealed room with two doors, used for going between places with different pressure levels.
To get into the spaceship without letting in the outer space's vacuum, astronauts must pass through an airlock first.
Often appears as...
- open the airlock
- sealed airlock
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A blockage of air in a pipe or pump which prevents liquid from flowing properly.
The water pump in my house isn't working properly, it might be due to an airlock.
Often appears as...
- remove the airlock
- airlock in pipes
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Space Usage
The word 'airlock' often appears in sci-fi or space-related discussions and literature.
The crew assembled in the airlock before the extra-vehicular activity began.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Precaution
An airlock is crucial for safety in space travel to avoid sudden decompression.
The astronaut checked the airlock thoroughly to ensure everyone's safety.
Pro Tip 3/3Pressure Difference
Understand airlock as a transition area between high and low pressure environments.
Before opening the outer door, the airlock must equalize pressure with the outside.
Pro Tip 1/3Space Usage
The word 'airlock' often appears in sci-fi or space-related discussions and literature.
The crew assembled in the airlock before the extra-vehicular activity began.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Precaution
An airlock is crucial for safety in space travel to avoid sudden decompression.
The astronaut checked the airlock thoroughly to ensure everyone's safety.
Pro Tip 3/3Pressure Difference
Understand airlock as a transition area between high and low pressure environments.
Before opening the outer door, the airlock must equalize pressure with the outside.
Pro Tip 1/3Space Usage
The word 'airlock' often appears in sci-fi or space-related discussions and literature.
The crew assembled in the airlock before the extra-vehicular activity began.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Precaution
An airlock is crucial for safety in space travel to avoid sudden decompression.
The astronaut checked the airlock thoroughly to ensure everyone's safety.
Pro Tip 3/3Pressure Difference
Understand airlock as a transition area between high and low pressure environments.
Before opening the outer door, the airlock must equalize pressure with the outside.
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What I learned from...
He could come over and help me." We actually practiced incapacitated crew rescue, so he could float me like a blimp and stuff me into the airlock if he had to. I could find my own way back. It's not nearly as big a deal. And actually, if you keep on crying for a while, whatever that gunk was that's in your eye starts to dilute
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Live from Mars 360° PIPE...
excited to see what its gonna be what do you think it's gonna be I think it's gonna be what do I think it's gonna be or what do I want it to be what do you want I want it to be the party break I know so the airlock the airlock rooms the loudest Broome answer between the loudest room on set have you had it yeah
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Adventures of an...
We have indeed the blue part, as you can see. That's an inflatable for our Moon base. It gives a lot of living space and a lot of lab space, and attached to it you have a cylinder, and that has all the support structures in, all the life support and also the airlock.
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Space Tools PIPE Known...
protect against the dangerous threats of pressure and temperature in space it's a mile or higher once you get your undergarments on and you get your pants this thing is mounted on the stand inside of the airlock and you kind of Jam yourself up inside of it your arms
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The incredible...
After a four-year hiatus, work quickly picked up pace with the addition of more hubs, airlocks, docks, and an observation cupola for stunning 360-degree views of our world and beyond. Other critical components included platforms and trusses to support radiators
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Can you solve the virus...
Without hesitation, you grab your HazMat suit and get ready to save the world. The lab is a four by four compound of 16 rooms with an entrance on the northwest corner and an exit at the southeast. Each room is connected to the adjacent ones by an airlock,
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Ken Jennings: Watson,...
things don't always end well. Those movies are never about beautiful utopias. It's always a terminator or a matrix or an astronaut getting sucked out an airlock in "2001." Things always go terribly wrong. And I feel like we're sort of at the point now
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Penelope Boston: Life on...
in the relatively primitive technology direction. So, we're talking about things like inflatable liners that can conform to the complex topological shape on the inside of a cave, foamed-in-place airlocks to deal with this complex topology,
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Jane Poynter: Life in...
And you might think, well, "Boy, your life support system was failing you. Wasn't that dreadful?" Yes. In a sense it was terrifying. Except that I knew I could walk out the airlock door at any time, if it really got bad,
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Utopian Underwater...
like an upturned beaker in a bathtub Aquarius has no airlock underneath it is open to the water biologists come here to study the plant in animal world underwater they stay
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What I learned from...
He could come over and help me." We actually practiced incapacitated crew rescue, so he could float me like a blimp and stuff me into the airlock if he had to. I could find my own way back. It's not nearly as big a deal. And actually, if you keep on crying for a while, whatever that gunk was that's in your eye starts to dilute
Video examples
Live from Mars 360° PIPE...
excited to see what its gonna be what do you think it's gonna be I think it's gonna be what do I think it's gonna be or what do I want it to be what do you want I want it to be the party break I know so the airlock the airlock rooms the loudest Broome answer between the loudest room on set have you had it yeah
Video examples
Adventures of an...
We have indeed the blue part, as you can see. That's an inflatable for our Moon base. It gives a lot of living space and a lot of lab space, and attached to it you have a cylinder, and that has all the support structures in, all the life support and also the airlock.
Video examples
Space Tools PIPE Known...
protect against the dangerous threats of pressure and temperature in space it's a mile or higher once you get your undergarments on and you get your pants this thing is mounted on the stand inside of the airlock and you kind of Jam yourself up inside of it your arms
Video examples
The incredible...
After a four-year hiatus, work quickly picked up pace with the addition of more hubs, airlocks, docks, and an observation cupola for stunning 360-degree views of our world and beyond. Other critical components included platforms and trusses to support radiators
Video examples
Can you solve the virus...
Without hesitation, you grab your HazMat suit and get ready to save the world. The lab is a four by four compound of 16 rooms with an entrance on the northwest corner and an exit at the southeast. Each room is connected to the adjacent ones by an airlock,
Video examples
Ken Jennings: Watson,...
things don't always end well. Those movies are never about beautiful utopias. It's always a terminator or a matrix or an astronaut getting sucked out an airlock in "2001." Things always go terribly wrong. And I feel like we're sort of at the point now
Video examples
Penelope Boston: Life on...
in the relatively primitive technology direction. So, we're talking about things like inflatable liners that can conform to the complex topological shape on the inside of a cave, foamed-in-place airlocks to deal with this complex topology,
Video examples
Jane Poynter: Life in...
And you might think, well, "Boy, your life support system was failing you. Wasn't that dreadful?" Yes. In a sense it was terrifying. Except that I knew I could walk out the airlock door at any time, if it really got bad,
Video examples
Utopian Underwater...
like an upturned beaker in a bathtub Aquarius has no airlock underneath it is open to the water biologists come here to study the plant in animal world underwater they stay
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Antony Johnston
British Writer
Our main character is Klem Ristovych, the most senior detective in the MCPD. Klem's a dinosaur, the oldest cop working the Fuse, and nobody can believe she hasn't retired yet. Hell, she can hardly believe it herself. But what else is she going to do? Sit at home and watch soap operas all day? She'd throw herself out of an airlock first.
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Kathleen Rubins
American Astronaut
When you go to vacuum in the airlock and you take the hose off the front of your space suit, there's a little bit of water in there, and you can see that sublimate and ice crystals form and fly away. My thought at that moment was, 'Oh, we are not kidding at vacuum here; we are really in space.
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John M. Grunsfeld
American Astronaut
I was not really scared on my spacewalks. We practice so much and need to stay so focused that it has a calming effect on me. I do a kind of visualization and meditation in the airlock prior to going outside, to guide my first activities once I get out in space.
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Kathleen Rubins
American Astronaut
They say that in space, nobody can hear you scream. The first time I stepped out of the airlock, I was ready to scream - not because I was scared but because I was so excited to see the Earth below me.
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Mark Kelly
Musician
I'll be helping them getting suited up, getting them in the airlock, getting the airlock prepared, and getting them out the hatch, and then talking them through these three spacewalks.
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Antony Johnston
British Writer
Our main character is Klem Ristovych, the most senior detective in the MCPD. Klem's a dinosaur, the oldest cop working the Fuse, and nobody can believe she hasn't retired yet. Hell, she can hardly believe it herself. But what else is she going to do? Sit at home and watch soap operas all day? She'd throw herself out of an airlock first.
Quote examples
Kathleen Rubins
American Astronaut
When you go to vacuum in the airlock and you take the hose off the front of your space suit, there's a little bit of water in there, and you can see that sublimate and ice crystals form and fly away. My thought at that moment was, 'Oh, we are not kidding at vacuum here; we are really in space.
Quote examples
John M. Grunsfeld
American Astronaut
I was not really scared on my spacewalks. We practice so much and need to stay so focused that it has a calming effect on me. I do a kind of visualization and meditation in the airlock prior to going outside, to guide my first activities once I get out in space.
Quote examples
Kathleen Rubins
American Astronaut
They say that in space, nobody can hear you scream. The first time I stepped out of the airlock, I was ready to scream - not because I was scared but because I was so excited to see the Earth below me.
Quote examples
Mark Kelly
Musician
I'll be helping them getting suited up, getting them in the airlock, getting the airlock prepared, and getting them out the hatch, and then talking them through these three spacewalks.
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